4-H Banquet Honors Colonel Wilson Speaker at County Coliseum
Colonel Patrick Wilson, a 4-H exhibitor from the Ward County show in the mid 1930s now at White Sands Missile Range, will be the featured speaker at the 4 H Achievement Banquet on Saturday October 28. The event begins with a 7 pm meal at the County Coliseum and includes Gold Star and I Dare You awards with program highlights at 7 45.
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Patrick Wilson
First Ward
Wilson
White Sands Missile Range
Slide Show at Post Meeting on Backpacking Adventure
Richard Galley of the Midland YMCA will present a slide program on backpacking and mountain climbing for the High Adventure Explorer Post at the Scout Hut by the First United Methodist Church. The meeting is Monday at 8 p.m. Advisor Tom Rodgers urges Explorers to attend with a guest. membership is open to high school boys and girls.
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Richard Galley
Midland Ymca
High Adventure Explorer
Tom Rodgers
First United Methodist Church
Eight Amendments on Ballot Including Tax Relief Amendment
Eight proposed amendments appear on the General Election ballot for November 7 with absentee voting open through November 1. Amendment eight would let water districts provide fire protection and finance it via bonds or credit, aiming to fix fire coverage in densely populated areas while conserving water resources per Texas constitutional sections. Arguments for include expanding fire protection and reducing high insurance costs. arguments against caution over diverting district funds from core water resource goals.
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Texas Supreme Court
Deason
Orange County Water Control and Improvement District
S.W
Texas
Bank deposits show eight million dollar growth
Combined deposits at First State Bank and First National Bank rose by eight million dollars from 1977 to 1978, reaching 49 million at September end and 51 million by June. Checking accounts remained steady at 15 million, while savings accounts drove the rise. First State Bank grew to 20.873 million and First National Bank to 28.643 million.
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First State Bank
First National Bank
PRI Drive Nearing Quarter Mark for Physician Recruitment Fund
PRI fundraising nears 12 000 with about one fourth of goal raised in first quarter. First National Bank and Texas Savings and Loan Association each donated 1000, leading local institutions in support alongside contributions from Wes Moore Austin Fraternal Order of Eagles Harold Massey Bentley King Ernest Lynch CSA Odessa Desert Sands Garden Club AARP and others including a memorial gift honoring Carolyn Burrow by Ed Keys Nell Berry and others.
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Recruitment, Inc
PRI First
Bryan Stuckey
First National Bank
Texas Savings and Loan Association
First State Bank
Stuckey
PRI
Wes Moore
Austin
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Harold Massey
Bentley B. King
Ernest C. Lynch
CSA
Odessa
Desert Sands Garden Club
American Association of Retired Persons
Joe B. McShane Jr
Carolyn Burrow
Ed Keys
Nell Berry
Halloween Theme For S C Luncheon
Halloween will be the theme of the Senior Citizen Luncheon at the Senior Citizen Center on East Fourth Street with Dan Gibbs and his daughter Angie performing. Turkey and dressing are provided by local commissioners and the desserts by hostesses. Transportation calls to the Center before 10 a.m. for those needing rides.
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Senior Citizen Center
205 East Fourth Street
Louise Massey
Dan Gibbs
MHS
Southside Baptist Church
Gibbs
Angie
Lenora Price
Pat Finley
Betty Love
Eloise James
J. H. Raglin
Dick Slack Coffee Set
A coffee event for State Representative Richard C. Dick Slack will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Texas Room of First State Bank. Slack, the dean of Texas legislators, has served West Texas since 1952.
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Richard C. Dick Slack
Texas
First State Bank
Slack
West Texas
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Merv Scurlark
Jenesse Wetzig
Mindy Nesbitt
Mike Starnes
Arkid
Imelda Gonzales
Bonnie Davila
Reese
Holly Stone
Erminia Madrid
Carla Eberman
Jocohnny Bates
Alfredo Ramirez
Jett Lewis
Celia Garcia
Janice Flores
Tammie Anaya
Jeff Stevenson
Fred Barnard
Todd Tamplin
Jimmy Lewis
J DeAnda
Mark Ochoa
Big Green
S.C
Dick Slack
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